Chapter 712: The Golden Palace Fights for Women
Most of the causes of human friction are only some very small reasons, such as not paying attention when walking, spitting out the upper of other people's shoes, such as the water canal in the village is high in the east and low in the west, flowing to the neighboring village, etc., so from quarrels to hands, from heads-up to group fights, from groups to nation-to-country wars. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
It is human nature to be aggressive, especially the kind of country that believes in proving the truth with the sword, often a little spark can trigger a national war, not to mention that the Tibetan envoy is already an obvious provocation to the other country, which is tolerable or unbearable.
A group fight just started like this, the process was not exciting, it was about the same as the street gangsters grabbing turf, fortunately, there was still a little bit of reason left under everyone's anger, knowing that this was the capital of the Tang Dynasty, so they had a very tacit understanding with each other and did not use swords, but picked up their fists, of course, there was no shortage of pulling hair, spitting, monkeys stealing peaches and other moves.
Five countries to one country, Rao is Tubo no matter how strong, after all, outnumbered, was taught by the envoys and entourage of the five countries to be a man in minutes, after the battle, the courtyard of the Sifang Pavilion was full of Tubo people, from officials to ordinary entourage, Lu Dongzan because of his noble status, did not participate in the original happy dinner of the six countries, fortunately escaped.
The matter is getting bigger, and it has already made trouble in the court, and after Li Shimin listened to the performance of the guards, his face was very gloomy.
The eldest grandson Wuji and Fang Xuanling stood in the court, the two quickly glanced at each other, and then shook their heads with a wry smile.
The tricky part of this matter is that the envoys of the six countries beat up in groups, and the laws of the Tang Dynasty cannot punish them, because they are not the people of the Tang Dynasty at all, and the laws of the Tang Dynasty do not apply, not to mention that they are all friendly neighbors, and people come to the Tang Dynasty from thousands of miles to congratulate or sing praises, is His Majesty the Heavenly Khan kind enough to put them in prison? Datang's Huairou policy of neighboring countries that Datang has worked hard for many years does not allow Li Shimin to make any rude moves to the envoys, otherwise he will lose the heart of his neighbors, who will come to Datang to hug his thighs and shout "Tian Khan"?
After weighing the pros and cons, Li Shimin quickly made a decision.
"Auxiliary, you personally deal with this matter, summon the envoys of the six countries to severely reprimand, turn the big thing into a small urine, Ludong Zan of Tubo will set off tomorrow, and there will be no recurrence."
This sentence set the tone, and "severe reprimand" was brought over in one sentence.
The eldest grandson Wuji nodded knowingly and bowed down to receive the order.
After the courtiers whispered for a while, the hall was quiet again, and everyone continued to discuss state affairs.
Facts have proved that today is an eventful day in the Tang Dynasty, and someone wants to make big news.
While the kings and ministers were still discussing state affairs, another janissary came in a hurry to report.
The envoys of the five countries knelt outside the Chengtian Gate and asked to see Tianyan, but Tubo did not join in the fun, of course, it was not ruled out that they were destroyed by the Five Nations Mission, and no one could stand up to complain.
Junchen was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and bitterness flashed in Li Shimin's eyes.
It is said that when the emperor is in power all over the world, the world is subordinate, but ...... Is it really so enjoyable to be an emperor? Look at what kind of is happening now, all the bits and pieces are looking for themselves, and they are foreign envoys, and they can't even say no.
With a sigh, Li Shimin had no choice but to suspend the court meeting, and waved his hand to order the guards to bring the envoys of the five countries to the Taiji Palace.
The envoys of the five countries came quickly, and all of them had wounds on their faces, and it was obvious that the battle with Tubo was not easy, and everyone hung up their colors.
Li Shimin forced out a kind smile, and before he could speak, he saw the envoys of the five countries acting in unison, kneeling in the center of the hall with a plop, and then grinning loudly, pulling his throat and crying, crying fluently in his Chinese and tongue while crying, how the Tubo barbarians deceived people too much, how domineering, and even the Tang Emperor didn't pay attention to Yunyun......
The scene is a bit chaotic.
It is said that the crying of the envoys is still very sincere, not only emotional, but also reasonable, for those who are a little stupid, maybe they really believe it, but the people who can stand in the court to participate in the affairs of the country are not simple roles, the slightly stupid ones are the survival of the fittest, and those who are left are some old treacherous and slippery people, let the envoys cry and complain again into the play and then sensationalize, the monarchs and ministers in the palace only feel itchy hands and want to smoke them.
A group of you people are outnumbered, five countries against one country, beating people all over the ground looking for teeth, and after beating them, you still have the face to come here to cry, stinky and shameless, do you know how to write the word "honesty"?
The monarchs and ministers watched speechlessly as the envoys sang and wrote well with tears, and one by one they resisted the strong urge to scold their mothers in their hearts, and the envoys were unaware that they entered the play very deeply, and the crying and howling in the hall echoed for a long time.
After a long time, the envoys began to cry, and the dry howl gradually stopped, and finally stopped.
Li Shimin breathed a sigh of relief, snorted from his nostrils, and then prepared to severely reprimand this group of foreign barbarians, and by the way, criticize their superb but unobtrusive acting skills.
Who knew that before Li Shimin could speak, the envoy of Zhenla suddenly stepped forward and knelt down and said something that shocked the court.
"On behalf of His Majesty the King and His Royal Highness the Prince of Zhenla Kingdom, the foreign minister pleads to His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty to marry His Royal Highness the princess of your country, so as to tie up the friendship of the two countries for eternity.
After speaking, the envoy of the Zhenla State really took out a national letter and raised his hands above his head.
The courtiers froze, Li Shimin's eyelids jumped a few times, and he said with a forced smile: "The Tang Dynasty and Zhenla have had contacts since the Han Dynasty, and there have been wars and peace for hundreds of years. ”
The envoy of Zhenla still knelt in the hall, holding the national letter in both hands, and said in a firm tone: "Although my Zhenla country is small and sparsely populated, the climate is pleasant, the products are rich, and the people are rich. I beg Your Majesty to agree to marry Her Royal Highness Princess Wencheng to the prince of Zhenla, so that my Zhenla Kingdom will be reconciled with the Tang Dynasty for generations, never start a war, and loyally support the Tang Dynasty for eternity. ”
When these words fell, the monarchs and ministers in the palace were shocked, and Li Shimin almost jumped up.
"Who? Who did you just say you would marry? ”
The envoy said without humility or arrogance: "Your Royal Highness Princess Jiumu Wencheng, the prince of our country, beg Your Majesty to become Yucheng." ”
Li Shimin's face suddenly appeared angry, and he couldn't care about any foreign policy and bullshit anymore, so he stood up and said angrily: "Isn't your envoy teasing me?" ”
"How dare the foreign minister tease His Majesty the Heavenly Khan, every word of the foreign minister is sincere, and there is not a word of it."
Li Shimin glared at him with a gloomy face: "Do you know that Princess Wencheng has been ordered by me to marry Tubo Songtsen Gampo?" ”
The envoy lowered his head and said calmly: "The foreign minister only knows that Her Royal Highness Princess Wencheng is still in Chang'an, the capital of the country, and has not performed the husband and wife ceremony with Songtsen Gampo, the man is unmarried, the woman is unmarried, Songtsen Gampo can ask for it, why can't I ask for it?" ”
"Presumptuous!"
Li Shimin didn't break out, but the two prime ministers in the court, Sun Wuji and Fang Xuanling, were the first to go crazy, and the two took a step forward at the same time and scolded in unison.
Today's court meeting can be described as a wave of unsettled and wave after wave.
The matter of this group fight has not been resolved, and in the blink of an eye, the style of painting has changed abruptly, and a marriage proposal has come, and the marriage proposal has not yet been settled, and another incident has happened that shocked the monarchs and ministers of the palace.
The eldest grandson Wuji and Fang Xuanling just scolded them when they came out of class, but unexpectedly, the envoys of the other four countries took a step forward together, speaking in their own languages, and chattered.
The officials of Honglu Temple hurriedly translated what they said, and this translation suddenly turned the atmosphere in the hall upside down.
The envoys of the four countries spoke different languages, but they expressed the same meaning, that is, they asked to marry the Tang princess on behalf of their own king or prince, and they all asked to marry Princess Wencheng.
When the barbarian language of various countries was translated, the hall was like a powder keg lit, and it exploded suddenly.
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The Taiji Palace in Chang'an City made a fuss, and the court meeting broke up unhappily.
In the afternoon, the news reached Taiping Village.
Li Su lay comfortably in the inner courtyard of Dongyang Taoist Temple, his head resting on Dongyang's soft thighs, squinting as if he was about to fall asleep, but Dongyang's every word was heard in his ears.
"The five countries compete for women, it can be regarded as a story for the ages, go back and hurry up to congratulate your princess sister Wencheng, she is on fire, I don't know who she will marry in the future, it is certain that the name of your princess sister must have been written into the history books."
Dongyang pushed him and said angrily: "Still talking about cool words, you don't know what the chaos will be like today, it is said that my father's face is blue, but I can't have a seizure, after all, people are foreign envoys, and they must not be humiliated, otherwise their father will kill them." ”
Li Su smiled and sighed: "Don't worry, your father has a strong heart, and he can't die of anger, now that the Tubo mission has been put down by more than half, plus the envoys of the five countries are stirring up the situation and asking for relatives, Lu Dongzan is afraid that he will not be able to get up for a while, we have won a lot of time, and we can deal with it calmly." ”
Dongyang thought for a moment and said, "I still haven't figured it out, how did you get the envoys of the five kingdoms to ask for marriage on behalf of their kings?" What kind of rhetoric did you use to make them obey you and act out this play in front of their father......"
Li Su said with a smile: "There is a wrong, there is a debtor, it is your cousin Jiangxia who moved the envoys of the five countries, not me, I am at most...... At most, he gave him a little hint, but he didn't expect Jiang to be really old and spicy, and your cousin and prince are very sophisticated and do a perfect job. ”
Dongyang slapped him, and Bo said angrily: "Say it quickly!" ”
Li Su sighed: "Silly boy, don't you know that the princess of the Tang Dynasty is actually very valuable in the eyes of those Fanbang foreigners, do you know how many countries ask Your Majesty to marry a princess every year?" Do you know what marrying a Tang princess means to those small countries? ”
Dongyang shook his head blankly.
"The royal family and foreign marriages, and the love of men and women is not half of the relationship, but with the two countries political, military and even religious and commercial exchanges, but has a very important relationship, simply put, the princess is a close bond of interest between the two countries, with the Tang Dynasty strength and strength, the Tang princess is becoming more and more rare for them, but His Majesty has rarely promised to make peace with foreign countries, those small countries often beg for nothing, so, there is no need to say anything gorgeous and beautiful to those envoys, just a little hint, Those small countries rushed up, even if those envoys actually didn't have time to ask for the consent of their own monarchs, they did not hesitate to ask for marriage on behalf of the monarch as envoys of the monarch, because they calculated that as long as they could help their monarch marry a princess of the Tang Dynasty, no monarch would refuse, which would be a great achievement for the envoys. ”
Dongyang hesitated for a moment and said, "But...... The envoys of the five countries asked their father for marriage at the same time, but they still asked for the same princess, and this princess had just been ordered by her father to make peace with Tibet,...... Doesn't it seem a little weird? What should I do if my father is suspicious? ”
Li Su said with a smile: "So, this is the vicious fight between the envoys of the five countries and the Tubo delegation before the courtship, do you think they really drank too much wine and fought indiscriminately?" An envoy who can represent the monarch of a country to a neighboring country, which one is not an eight-sided character? Whether it is eloquence or resourcefulness, it is the best choice in the country, your cousin does not have to come forward, send a masked mysterious person with a hidden head and tail to analyze the pros and cons with them, and subdivide it in detail, with a little hint, the envoys will naturally understand, and then, the Tubo mission will be unlucky, in the final analysis, the group fight is just to bury a foreshadowing for the marriage, the real intention is to marry the princess of the Tang Dynasty......"
Dongyang's apricot eyes straightened when he heard this, and he looked at Li Su's face that seemed to be smiling but not smiling, with a cute look with broken views.
"This ...... Was it your idea? ”
Li Suzheng said: "Nonsense, don't slander me, it's obviously your Jiangxia Uncle Wang's doing, what does it have to do with me?" I'm just eating melons and watching the excitement by the way. ”
Dongyang stared at him fixedly for a moment, then nodded slowly, and his tone was very determined: "That's right, it's really your idea." ”
"Don't you understand Guanzhong?"
"No need to argue, this ring of bad ideas must be yours, others are not so bad, only you can think of it, poor that Tubo has been unfavorable for many years, and people are not ladylike, and after coming to Chang'an, bad luck has been repeated, and you have been pitted again and again by your immoral guy, and you are slippery like a loach, teaching people to not be able to hold the slightest handle......"
Li Su's half-closed eyes opened lazily, and she picked up her chin like a hooligan, with a domineering president's face: "You actually saw through it, very good, woman, congratulations, you have successfully attracted my attention, and it will be you tonight." ”
Dongyang snorted, then slapped him hard, and said with anger on his face: "This kind of yin damage idea of one ring after another is not allowed to be used on me in the future!" ”
"Don't worry, you have to believe in my character."
"Don't make a fuss, where did you get your character?" Dongyang glanced at him fiercely, and then showed a worried look again, and said: "Because of the dispute of will, he and Tubo asked to marry the same princess, can't my father see it?" Don't underestimate your father, when he comes back to his senses and thinks about it carefully, the original cause of this incident is not tenable at all, be careful to dig you and Uncle Jiangxia out, then a big disaster will come. ”
Li Su said with a smile: "My habit is to muddy the water first, and then it is easy to fish in the muddy water, as for whether your father will notice it, I can tell you for sure that it will definitely be noticed, as short as a few days, as long as half a month, it will inevitably be found that there is a ghost behind this matter, so I and the king of Jiangxia will act so carefully, from the group fight to the princess of the five countries, from the beginning to the end of the interaction, I believe that the king of Jiangxia is more sophisticated than me, and must have laid a puzzle and wrong clues, misleading the thorough investigation that may happen next, not particularly unlucky." , it shouldn't be on me. ”
His eyes gradually opened, Li Su's sleepiness disappeared early, he looked at the beams of the house depicted with auspicious clouds, and said lightly: "...... What's more, I am doing something to shake the national policy, to make your father take back his fate, or acquiesce in what he did, it is far from enough to play with this little cleverness, I also need a reason, a justifiable reason that is enough for your father to seriously weigh the gains and losses, this reason must be beneficial to the Tang Dynasty and Your Majesty, so that your father will shake and kiss the heart, otherwise, no matter how much clever and small strategies are not the right way after all, standing in your father's position, only the word 'benefit' can make him change his mind. ”
Dongyang smiled bitterly: "The benefit that my father wants is the 'national benefit'. ”
Li Su said with a smile: "What I gave him is also 'national benefit'." ”
"What are you going to give him?"
"I can't say it now, I didn't mean to hide it from you, in fact, I'm not sure whether this 'national interest' exists or not."
Dongyang's eyes widened in fright: "What if it doesn't exist?" ”
Li Su blinked: "Of course I married your princess sister to Tubo, I said, just give it a try, if it doesn't work, I will retreat, otherwise do you think I am noble and dare to risk my life to help a woman I don't know?" ”
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The arrival of the prince of Zhenla was expected by Li Su.
Presumably he heard the wind from Princess Wencheng, so he rushed to thank him.
Li Su said that he was very pleased, this guy is said to have been sent to Datang to learn culture when he was a child, and he is familiar with etiquette.
…… I hope that when he is blackmailed, he can still maintain a pious heart to repay his kindness, and will not turn his face or bargain.
The reason for the prince's visit was very formal, saying that it was to thank Li Su for saving him last time, and when Lu Dongzan instructed the Tubo entourage to punch and kick the prince, Li Su ran out to disrupt the situation and saved him once in a daze.
Li Su suddenly realized that when he slaughtered him, he was a little more ruthless, and his conscience seemed to be more stress-free.
Yes twice, what a great favor, put on any shy posture of letting the gentleman pick up, and obediently let the benefactor choose where to go for the knife is the proper meaning of the question......
The prince came to visit, but Li Su did not go out to greet him, but ordered Steward Xue to lead him into the wing room in the backyard.
has been in this era for too long, many of Li Su's thoughts and behaviors have been unconsciously assimilated by the universal values of this era, what a positive and motivated teenager with good character in his previous life, but now he actually has racial discrimination, just like the subjects of the Tang Dynasty, when he sees foreigners, he will automatically transform them into a lively monkey, even if the identity of the monkey is noble, Li Houye still feels that it is really a bargain to welcome him out in person.
Li Su sat in the wing room and didn't wait long, and soon saw Steward Xue leading a monkey into the house. (To be continued.) )